PinnedAnna Spargo-RyanGrowing out of itIt won’t surprise you to learn that as an Extremely Sad Teenager I listened to a lot of three-piece bands. Soundgarden, Portishead…Oct 23, 20221Oct 23, 20221
PinnedAnna Spargo-RyanWhy I do not routinely act like a knob even though I have ADHDLike many people with ADHD, I wasn’t diagnosed until I was a grown adult. There I was, out in the world: setting several dozen alarms in my…Apr 28, 20211Apr 28, 20211
Anna Spargo-RyanNovIn the months before Gaz and I moved in together, I had a miscarriage in my friend Lisa’s toilet. I remember Lisa was making a lamb pizza…Nov 14, 20221Nov 14, 20221
Anna Spargo-RyanR U OK now?I am so lucky to have people who care enough to realise when I’m tracking badly and do what they can to help. Many, many people deal with…Sep 8, 20221Sep 8, 20221
Anna Spargo-RyanI have only written about my miscarriage once.I was about twelve weeks along. At the time, I was working at the Royal Australian Air Force base in Laverton, west of Melbourne. My…May 9, 2021May 9, 2021
Anna Spargo-RyanHow to be mental in the apocalypseIn the last moments of 2019, a town gathered by the water under a red sky. The fire had come too quickly, there was no time to evacuate…Jan 3, 2020Jan 3, 2020
Anna Spargo-RyanGladiatorial moments in suburban cushioI needed a couple of fitted sheets, so I went off to my local linen store.Nov 15, 2019Nov 15, 2019
Anna Spargo-RyanThe Greatest Legacy of AllWhen I was 14, I went with my boyfriend and his parents to Footy Park on a Saturday afternoon. We had never been to the football together…Sep 26, 2019Sep 26, 2019